Festival 2018

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FESTIVAL 2018

The 20th Graham Greene International Festival will take place In Berkhamsted, Thursday 20th September to Sunday 23rd September 2018. Put those dates in your diary NOW. Next year we welcome a new Festival Director, Dr. Martyn Sampson (pictured right).

Martyn has been a festival regular for several years. We take this opportunity to thank our outgoing director Mike Hill for five wonderful festivals. But don’t despair. Mike’s distinctive Yorkshire vowel sounds will still be much in evidence at future festivals.

Please keep checking this page regularly in the coming months to learn about the upcoming festival. If you will be a newcomer, welcome to a very friendly event, which is truly international in flavour with visitors coming to Berkhamsted, literally from all over the world.

And if you are a regular, please spread the word among friends and family.

FESTIVAL 2017

If you were able to attend, here are some memories of the 2017 Graham Greene Festival:

7.15 for 7.30: Berkhamsted Town Hall: Film- The Fugitive (based on The Power and the Glory). Introduced by Mike Hill.

Friday 22 September

The Town Hall

9.45-10.45am: The Five Lives of the Congo Journal – a talk by Professor Michael Meeuwis on the diary Greene kept when he went to the Belgian Congo.

11.15am-12.15pm: The Priesthood and Graham Greene’s writing. The Reverend Giles Fraser is interviewed by Mike Hill on the nature of the priesthood and how it is represented in Greene’s writings.
2.30-3.30: Our Man in Hanoi: the strange and enduring friendship of Graham Greene and confidential agent Trevor Wilson: a talk by Professor Kevin Ruane

4.00-5.00: Brighton and Beyond: Writing Modern Crime Fiction: a talk by best-selling novelistPeter James